• 105 metered spaces around the Downtown mall
• Started September 5, 2017
• City council cancels pilot on January 2, 2018 (planned to run until March 5th)
• $51K in revenue (meters cost $50K)

• Goals
  • Improve access to short term parking spaces
  • Get long-term parkers to use the decks
  • Use revenue for mall improvement projects
• Concerns
  • Businnesses worried about meters decreasing patron traffic
  • Also about employee parking

• First and last weeks are partial
• No decline over the program

• Sundays are dead
• Weekend revenue is greater

• Every day spikes at lunch & dinner
• A lot more lunch outings on Friday
• Monday happy hour?

Average meter fee:

[1] 1.86

Program revenue:

[1] 51454.79

Projected yearly revenue:

[1] 260710

• City estimates they will take a loss due to secondary costs (vandalism, consultant)

• Why did they cancel early?
  • On track for profit
  • Meters already paid for

• More data
  • How much was the consultant?
  • What report did the city council see?
  • Do businesses have data showing lost revenue?
• More transparent government
  • Open data for all city decisions
  • Public support
  • Less backroom, more accountability